Consulting Geo Ep.1 When to Jump
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- If you are a geoscientist considering a move from employee to a consultant role, the first question is when to make the jump. Doreen Mikitiuk is a consulting geologist who made that move successfully in mid career. In this interview we explore how her career evolved, why she decided to become independednt and some of the barriers she faced in the transition.
This video is the first in a 5 part series on the realities of working for yourself in the rollercoaster world of geoscience consulting.
The full series is available to subscribers of my paid course here: geologyupskill...
Thankyou both on pros and cons of nature of profession. To work independantly is alot of peoples dreams. To bridge out and take a leap is always a learning curve. in the end you work according to own schedule outlay or not 🙂
There is more detail on the pros and cons in the coming episodes.
Nice interview. Myself I started with my Petroleum Geology degree (Thanks to Imperial London) - snagged a job as a mud logger for a few years that helped rub off some of the rough edges in the offshore, Iran and the Arctic - and then had two offers. A chance to go consulting - a chance to work for Amoco. I took the consulting route - a couple of years under a couple of Umbrella groups and then went off on my own. I did spend some near ten years in a blended arrangement with a Calgary based Junior as well as consulting - and then went back to my consulting full time again. Now retired - sort of... (Does anyone ever really stop?) It is not for everyone - there is the underlying "Contract Uncertainty Principle" to deal with (Translates into serious income uncertainty too) - but if if you are resilient, brilliant, willing to throw yourself into constantly learning and building your niche - there really is nothing like it. However - too long spent doing your own things your own ways - that sometimes makes it impossible to work in a "Normal" corporate setting - there is a downside to being an independent strong minded geoscience gunslinger... Have Microscope - Will Travel. Best thing - being your own boss. Worst thing - being your own boss. You have to learn to love yourself - in a good way...
Bridging the gap with an umbrella group is a good way to make the jump, because you meet a lot of people who will become clients in the future.
I think it is the same with any contracting. A million why nots but only really a couple of why for. Far less frustration because every decision is yours. You are entering a new field. Exciting and a lot of learning.
Yep you have to enjoy learning. It's a pretty steep curve at first.
Excellent!!! Nick looked like Clint Eastwood in "A Fistful of Dollars" in this intro.
Thanks for sharing this content. I believe I am in this moment in my career right now.
I look forward to watching the upcoming episodes!!!
Cheers
Good vibes from Japan!!!
Haha. That theme music would have been very appropriate!
Hi Nick, I hope you're going well. I always enjoy watching your videos. Working as an independent professional in any field, I believe you need an entrepreneurial mindset, you need to be able to see the opportunities around you and monetise them, this is what mining is all about. Managing your career like a business with goals and not just thinking you're an employee. A wise engineer Ian Grylusich told me in 1995 in my first graduate job ......always remember the industry is your employer and not just the company as companies come and go but the industry still remains.
True indeed Regina. The days of cradle to grave employment are long gone. To paraphrase a saying about football coaches; they are all in the last year of their contract. Some just don't know it yet.
Perfect discussion!
Thanks. Much more to come when I edit the next 4 episodes.
Thanks a lot!
You're welcome!
If I direct you to a movie on RUclips, with this specific scene that has an interesting rocky terrain, can I ask you a geological question you might have the answer to?
Go for it!
@@GeologyUpSkill Thanks. The movie is called A Game ofDeath. 1945. Top video. 49:20 a man is being chased by an eviI archer. He starts on a beach shore, and then _suddenly_ on a high cliff. And in a near shot, it looks kind low/close to the water. The terrain seems very confusing and changing. Low, high, low, high. If the whole scene was one long shot, zoomed OUT, I'd understand the terrain better, but I don't. Maybe you will
Too easy. Actors guild stipulated that actors working outside a 30 mile radius of down town LA. Got paid for travel. Inside that radius got paid from when they got to set.
Looking along the coastline. There’s a very real chance it was shot on the coast from Lechuza point, 28 miles short of LA. Or any point with rocky out crops there within.
@@rodparker6530 Did you see the scene? Find my referenced movie?
@@GeologyUpSkill Did you find it
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Thanks!
Interesting- would have been nice to here what mineralisation she specialised in
Carbonate replacement deposits.
You can see Doreen's full professional profile on LinkedIn here: www.linkedin.com/in/doreen-mikitiuk-68006181/
Great conversation.
Thanks. We will go into some detail on setup and operational issues in the coming episodes.